Pretend I hadn’t heard of it. Look it up on my phone right there in front of them to see how bad it is. Pretend to be slowly won over to its side. Thank them for showing me the site.

When people told me they hated Hexbear or (far worse) that they were “not fans,” I wish I had said in no uncertain terms: “I love Hexbear. I am in awe of it. I am set free by it. It is the finest website our galaxy has ever seen.”

they reference your account by name

I would mark their Hexbear hatred down in the "not cool" column of the little ledger I keep in my head about everyone.

But if they mention my account by name, then I know they're definitely stalking me because I am not very active or outspoken, and that they apparently also want me to know that they're stalking me. And if they're that deep into boldly stalking me, idk wtf I would do besides stop leaving home alone and unarmed.

I'd laugh and call them a liberal

I would act like I dont know what the site is.

If its not connected to a conspiracy theory like qanon or far right shit I'd think anyone whining about a website and particular anonymous user irl is weird

my bf has done this to me and he hates this site cause youre all libs

The only response:

Print out a physical copy of pig poop balls and leave it on their desk

I know a number of people in real life that are into "Hacker News" and fully gobble up that corpo bootlicky bullshit from there.

If I have to exist and sometimes work alongside them, they can do the same with me while seething about me being here.

I grin like the Grinch and start giggling

definitely obsess over it for the rest of my life let's do this

Print out PPB and hide it on their desk/bag/under bed.